Shoe polisher



Sept. 15, 1931. c, oo'rz 1,823,690

SHOE POLISHER Filed Nov. 23, 1929 1 Mg K w /7 3mm 7 mam Patented Sept. 15, 1931 ARTHUR C. KOOTZ, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN SHOE IPOLISHER Application filed. November 23, 1929. Serial No. 409,245.

The invention relatesto shoe polishers. The object of the invention is to provide a shoe .polisher of simple construction that may be readily and cheaply manufactured, wherein the supporting means for the polishing pad is of sheet metal and the handle is also preferably of sheet metal, these parts being made of sheet metal stampings, readily assembled and attachable to the ends of the 1:3 polishing pad.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the shoe polisher embodying the invention, parts at the ends being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional end view taken generally along the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail end view of the support and holder before attaching the pad;

Fig. 4. is a detail sectional view similar to parts shown in Fig. 1, showing certain modifications.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the support for the pad, 6 the handle, 7 the pad and 8 the cushioning material usually interposed between the support and pad.

The support 5 is formed from a blank of sheet metal of generally rectangular shape whose end portions 9 are bent up at an angle to the main base portion 10 of said support,

said angular end portions 9 also preferably having flanged ends 11 so as not to present thereby upwardly directed edges and to improve the appearance of the device.

The handle 6 is formed from a single piece to of sheet metal stamping to provide a longitudinally curved member which is of curved cross section for the greater portion of its length, as shown at 12, and having fiat end portions 13 in abutting engagement with the angled ends 9 of the support and secured thereto in any suitable manner, preferably by providing a tongue 14 extending through an opening 15 in each flange 9 and bent over against said flange.

For securing the pad 7 to the support and for holding the cushioning material, such as felt or other suitable cushioning material 8, in place, barbed projections or spurs 16 are formed integral with the handle 6 and extend through openings 17 punched out of the angled ends 9 and are adapted to be pressed through and bent over against the hide portion 18 of the polishing pad 7, which is usually made of sheep skin with the fleece left on it. With this construction the pad is quickly attached to the support 5 by suitable tools for pressing the spurs 17 through the hide and upsetting the spurs against the same.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4: the support 5, enerally similar to the support 5,11asangled ends 9 secured to the handle 6,

. generally similar to the handle 6, by fastening means such as the tongue 14 described in connection with Fig. 1. The modification consists in the specific manner of holding the ends of the pad 7 to the support and in this instance said pad may be held to the support by providing bendable extensions 19 to the flanges 9 which are adapted to be bent over against the ends of the pad, as shown in Fig. 4, and may engage the pad at spaced points or extend across the pad. These bendable extensions 19 may be used alone or,. 0 as specifically shown in Fig. 4:, used in con-' junction with the spurs 17', similar to the spurs 17 previously described. The cushioning material 8 is also used in this construction in conjunction with the pad 7. (585 I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as the same are defined in the claim.

What I claim as my invention is 4 In a shoe polisher, the combination of a pad support formed of sheet metal having an elongated body portion and upwardly extending flanged ends, a handle of sheet metal curved to form a gripping surface and having end portions abutting said flanged ends and provided with tongues in crimped engagement With said flanged ends and spurs projecting through said flanged ends, and a polishing pad clamped to said flanged ends by said spurs.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR C. KOOTZ. 

